Saab Hasan is hoping the magical hands of star jockey Jamie Kah will be the key to his sprinter Sirius Suspect being able to transition to the level of a Group One sprinter. So far they have combined once for an easy last start win at Pakenham and they will… Read More »
The Group Three Belle Of The Turf Stakes over 1600m has been taken out by the quirky Joe Pride trained mare Threeood ($4.80) in testing conditions at Gosford. Trainer Joe Pride explained that Threeood was quite a handful back at his Warwick Farm stables. “She’s bordering on being put in… Read More »
Wyong trainer Tracy Bartley is hoping the rise in distance and addition of visors will turn the fortunes around of Miss Redoble who is nominated for two races on the Randwick-Kensington program. Miss Redoble is among the entries for both the Maroubra Mile (1550m) and an easier Benchmark event, also… Read More »
Maddie Raymond is hoping her run of career training firsts supplied by her stayer Wentwood will continue in the Bagot Handicap at Flemington on New Year’s Day. Wentwood, has at his last two starts given Raymond, who has been training for less than a year, her first country Cup when… Read More »
Mick Price said he would aim Ayrton at the Queensland carnival and a race such as the Queensland Guineas before bringing him back to Melbourne for the spring. “He’s going to be a lovely horse and I don’t want to cut him short by getting him back quickly for autumn… Read More »
Caulfield trainer Mick Price has decided to target the Inglis Millenium first-up in February in Sydney with brilliant two-year-old colt Profiteer. And Price has also decided to miss the autumn carnival with his exciting three-year-old gelding Ayrton. Price said on RSN radio on Monday morning that they had devised an… Read More »
The evolving Magic Millions order of entry is uppermost in the mind of Kelly Schweida as he plots a path towards the Gold Coast with Miss Hipstar. The giant filly toyed with her rivals to win an 800 metre two-year-old race at Ipswich last Friday and bank first prize money… Read More »
Damien Oliver was to the fore at the meeting riding a winning double for Godolphin and James Cummings which consisted of Picarones and the Listed Christmas Stakes on Pandemic. Oliver has combined to win Group 3 sprint races this season with Godolphin on Coruscate and Viridine and said Pandemic was… Read More »
Comeback jockey Tahlia Hope rewarded the faith of trainer Patrick Payne places in her when they combined for the biggest win in her career when she won the Lord Stakes on outsider Defibrillate. Hope only returned to riding in March this year, after being sidelined for nine months after she… Read More »
Mark Newnham has credited a superb ride by his former stable apprentice Robbie Dolan as the impetus for import Spirit Ridge to claim his most important win. Dolan had the former English stayer positioned on the fence and behind the speed in Saturday’s Group Three Summer Cup (2000m) but had… Read More »
Chris Waller produced The Elanora to win the Grand Prix Stakes (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday and said the emerging three-year-old would be given a short break and aimed at the Sydney autumn carnival. He is likely to tackle the Randwick Guineas second up with the Australian Derby his… Read More »
Consistent gelding Bigboyroy has booked a spot on Chris Waller’s Magic Millions carnival team with a typically gritty performance to salute at Randwick. A winner at Kembla Grange two starts ago before a luckless third to the in-form Edison earlier this month, Bigboyroy ($4.20) found clear running in Saturday’s Drinkwise… Read More »
The Magic Millions Classic has been thrown wide open after nominal favourite Shaquero flopped in the B J McLachlan Stakes at Eagle Farm. The winner of the Breeders’ Plate on debut at Randwick, Shaquero had been a $4.50 TAB fixed odds favourite for the January 16 feature and a popular… Read More »
Mick Price will delay a decision on whether exciting three-year-old Ayrton will head to the Australian Guineas after his breathtaking win at Caulfield. Price branded Ayrton “a Group horse” as he emulated his debut performance at Bendigo by sprinting away from his opposition to win Saturday’s Ken Sturt Handicap by… Read More »
James Cummings continued his outstanding record in two-year-old races in Melbourne this season, landing his fourth individual winner when Picarones took out the opening race at Caulfield. Cummings has already had juvenile success with Paulele, Ingratiating and Anamoe and in total, the Godophin trainer has saddled up 31 two-year-old runners… Read More »
Bush youngster Rocket Tiger has upstaged his more fancied city rivals to give trainer Scott Spackman a Boxing Day milestone at Randwick. Ridden by Kathy O’Hara, the home-bred was the Wagga Wagga trainer’s first Sydney metropolitan winner and an emotional Spackman said it was a special moment. “I’m just so… Read More »
The lure of a Magic Millions wildcard has inspired James Cummings to launch a three-pronged raid on the Falvelon Quality at Eagle Farm. Last year’s winner Isaurian returns on Saturday to defend his title in the Falvelon, backed up by top weight Viridine and enigmatic gelding Roheryn. The Falvelon winner… Read More »
Michael Freedman will squeeze in a quiet Christmas Day celebration with his family but with three runners at Randwick on Boxing Day, the trainer won’t be getting much respite. Along with Good Friday, Christmas is one of only two days each year when no race meetings are held but that… Read More »
Greg Eurell is treating Blazejowski’s last start effort as an anomaly and believes he can return to his best form in the Listed Christmas Stakes at Caulfield. At his last run, Blazejowski put in the worst performance of his career when he finished last in the Kevin Heffernan Stakes at… Read More »
The Grand Prix Stakes shapes as a litmus test for a future Derby campaign for emerging stayer Mr Gee. Trainer John O’Shea is confident Mr Gee will cope with 2400 metre assignments in the long-term but he is keen to see how the gelding adapts to the newly renovated Eagle… Read More »
